How to pair your Apple Watch with your iPhone 6s or 6s Plus

If you’re the lucky owner of a new iPhone 6s or 6s Plus, you may be wondering what to do about your Apple Watch. For those unfamiliar, while Apple’s smartwatch accesses much of its information from iCloud, it backs up Health data, app data, and the like to its paired iPhone. If you’re switching from an older iPhone to a new 6s or 6s Plus, you’re going to need to get that data off if you don’t want to set up your Apple Watch as new. Here’s how!

How to switch your Apple Watch backup from your old iPhone to new iPhone

Note: To switch your Apple Watch backup, you must restore your new iPhone 6s or 6s Plus from backup. You cannot currently make a clean install and keep your Apple Watch data.